14-Year Survey in a Swedish County Reveals a Pronounced Increase in Bloodstream Infections (BSI). Comorbidity - An Independent Risk Factor for Both BSI and Mortality

Martin Holmbom; Christian G. Giske; Mats Fredrikson; Åse Östholm Balkhed; Carina Claesson; Lennart E. Nilsson; Mikael Hoffmann; Håkan Hanberger

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166527

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14-Year Survey in a Swedish County Reveals a Pronounced Increase in Bloodstream Infections (BSI). Comorbidity - An Independent Risk Factor for Both BSI and Mortality

Martin Holmbom,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Department of Urology and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3706-2294

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Christian G. Giske,

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Mats Fredrikson,

Affiliations Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Forum Östergötland, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Åse Östholm Balkhed,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Carina Claesson,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Lennart E. Nilsson,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Mikael Hoffmann,

Affiliation The NEPI foundation, Division of Health Care Analysis, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping university, Linköping, Sweden
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Håkan Hanberger

* E-mail: hakan.hanberger@liu.se

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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14-Year Survey in a Swedish County Reveals a Pronounced Increase in Bloodstream Infections (BSI). Comorbidity - An Independent Risk Factor for Both BSI and Mortality

Martin Holmbom,
Christian G. Giske,
Mats Fredrikson,
Åse Östholm Balkhed,
Carina Claesson,
Lennart E. Nilsson,
Mikael Hoffmann,
Håkan Hanberger

Published: November 11, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166527

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